Stop Teaching and Writing Lab Reports! Integrating Research-based Writing into First-Year Chemistry Courses

Starts:
11:00 am on Tuesday, February 5, 2019
Ends:
12:15 pm on Tuesday, February 5, 2019
URL:
http://www.bu.edu/writingprogram/events/
Address:
Yawkey Center for Student Services - 100 Bay State Rd, Boston, MA 02215
Room:
101
Contact Organization:
CAS Writing Program/Writing in the Disciplines
Contact Name:
David Shawn
Contact Phone:
617-358-1506
Fees:
free
Speakers:
Binyomin Abrams
Audience:
public
This talk, the Spring 2019 Writing in the Field Lecture sponsored by the CAS Writing Program, will highlight one of the most innovative STEM-related writing initiatives in the country. Pedagogically sophisticated and student acclaimed, BU’s First-Year Chemistry writing program is a model curricular initiative for other STEM departments. Come to hear this clearly articulated argument for the centrality of writing in undergraduate science education.